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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Realty Trac 

  With assets of more than $800 billion, Wachovia is the nation's fourth-largest banking institution .

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures

Local Headlines

• Hummer for Sale Highly Negotiable

  Yesterday | via New York Times 

  "So you say you're selling your house?" The Wall Street Journal asked on July 14 .

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Binghamton Metro, Binghamton, NY

• Doer's Profile

  Tuesday Jun 24 | via Press & Sun-Bulletin 

  Each week, the Press & Sun-Bulletin features a close-up of doers who have contributed to our community.

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  Related Topix: Endicott, NY, Endwell, NY, Real Estate, Binghamton, NY, Opinion

• Real Estate Outlook: Positives Taking Shape

  Feb 21, 2008 | via Realty Times 

  If you're looking at housing statistics over the past quarter or year, there's no question you're going to come up with a lot of negatives.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Real Estate, Housing, Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro

• Contact 2- Housing Prices

  May 29, 2008 | via MyFox St. Louis 

  As the housing slump continues, many Americans are looking for a bargain, but not all towns are seeing prices fall.

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  Related Topix: Binghamton Metro, Binghamton, NY, Housing

• Agency may help you keep your home

  May 28, 2008 | via PressConnects.com 

  The spike in foreclosures in Broome County that was referred to recently in the Press & Sun-Bulletin is alarming, but there are preventative measures that homeowners can take to ward off this disaster.

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  Related Topix: Broome County, NY, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Fed Report Portrays Grim Economy

  3 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  The Federal Reserve's Beige Book report for the latest six-week period portrays the economy as increasingly weak across most of the U.S. All 12 districts reported slower home sales, continuing big inventories ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, New York, Mortgage, Home

• National City Rises as Chief Executive Says Bank Has `Sufficient Capital'

  4 hrs ago | via Bloomberg 

  National City Corp. rose as much as 11 percent in New York trading after Chief Executive Officer Peter Raskind said the bank, Ohio's largest, has enough capital to survive the credit-market contraction.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services, IndyMac Bancorp

• Sally Hogarty: 'I Hate Hamlet' a likeable comedy

  Yesterday | via Ledger Dispatch 

  IT MAY BE called "I Hate Hamlet," but there is much to like in the Orinda Starlight Village Players' current production of Paul Rudnick's comedy.

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  Related Topix: New York, Real Estate

• Fannie's unsold homes worth $5B bring peril to investors

  21 hrs ago | via Fulton County Daily Report 

  Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. mortgage finance company, couldn't find a buyer who would pay $6,900 for the three-bedroom house at 1916 Prospect St.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New York, Opinion

• Beige Book Looks Blue

  22 hrs ago | via Huliq.com 

  The Beige Book report , just released by the Federal Reserve, doesn't tell a very happy tale about the U.S. economy.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Housing, New York

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  5 min ago | via Huliq.com 

  Sales of US existing homes fell 2.6% to an annualized rate of 4.86 million from a 4.99 million pace the prior month.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Home Selling, Housing, Real Estate

• Banks step up Fed borrowing, Wall Street passes

  5 min ago | via The Flint Journal 

  Banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms didn't draw such loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker

  5 min ago | via Marin Independent Journal 

  Two cornerstones of the economy - jobs and housing - sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures

• Gloomy day for U.S. markets

  5 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped 34,000 last week, the Labor Department said, in part reflecting seasonal volatility typical at this time of year, but also indicating ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Home Selling, Stamford, CT, New Haven Metro

• Md. Woman Charged In Tax Scandal

  5 min ago | via NewsChannel 8 

  A real estate agent from Prince George's County has been charged in a scheme that prosecutors believe defrauded the D.C. tax office out of nearly $50 million.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Clinton, MD, University of the District of Columbia